Archive timeline
2025
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2025, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2025
- OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Homayoun Safari executed in Ilam on October 11
- OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Akbar Hasani and Rahman Kahzadi executed in Zanjan on October 11
- OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hafez Rahmati executed in Khorramabad on October 11
OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Akhbari executed in Yasuj on October 11
OCTOBER 10, 2025IndianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Indiana. Roy Lee Ward, 53, White, was executed on October 10
By lethal injection
OCTOBER 10, 2025DEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jose Soto-Escalera sentenced to death
OCTOBER 9, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SODOMY, MURDER OF 8- YR-OLD
Ghazipur district's Special Court (Pocso) Judge Ramavatar Prasad on October 7, 2025 sentenced accused Sanjay Nat to death for sodomising and murdering an eight-year-old in Feb last year.
OCTOBER 9, 2025JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: FORMER DEATH ROW INMATE IWAO HAKAMATA FILES DAMAGES SUIT AGAINST GOVERNMENT
A Japanese man who was acquitted last year in a retrial over a 1966 quadruple murder case filed a lawsuit on October 9, 2025 seeking around 600 million yen ($3.9 million) in damages from the state and local authorities, his lawyers said.
OCTOBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana report: at least 1537 executions from October 2024 to October 2025
On the World Day against the Death Penalty (October 10)
OCTOBER 9, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends death penalty for Angel Cuz Choc
OCTOBER 9, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Court of Appeals granted Roberson’s request for a stay of execution
- OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Masoud Maleki executed in Isfahan on October 8
- OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj Central on October 8
Mobin Sarvari, Mahmoud Valiollahi, Sina Mohammadi, Pedram …
- OCTOBER 8, 2025MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Joshua Rocha sentenced to death
OCTOBER 8, 2025SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER HANGED IN 12TH EXECUTION THIS YEAR
Singapore’s prison hanged a Malaysian drug trafficker on October 8, 2025, marking the second execution in two weeks and raising the number of executions in the city-state to 12 this year despite pressure to abolish the death penalty.
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 9 men Executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 8
Ahmadi Mohammadi, Mahmoud Valiollah (Valiallah), Milad Yari, Pedram … + 5
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahab Jabari and Rahman … executed in Mashhad on October 8
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heshmat Foroughi and Sajad Amiri executed in Shiraz on October 8
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Niknam executed in Amol on October 8
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Massoud Maleki executed in Isfahan on October 8
- OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seyfollah Shojaei executed in Borujerd on October 8
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Azizi + 1 executed in Bojnurd on October 7
OCTOBER 7, 2025TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: COURT RELEASES MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER WIDESPREAD CRITICISM
A Tunisian court released a man on October 7, 2025 who had been sentenced to death just last week for Facebook posts criticising the president, following a wave of public criticism and human rights concerns over the case.
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Sabeki executed in Bam on October 7
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arsalan Khani and Qasem Sajadi executed in Kermanshah on October 7
OCTOBER 7, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: 72 PRISONERS RELEASED FROM TALIBAN JAIL IN SAR-E-PUL
Taliban have released 72 prisoners from a jail in the northern province of Sar-e-Pul under orders from their leader, while reducing the sentences of 95 others, local sources told Amu on October 6, 2025.
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farzad … executed in Qom on October 7
1213 executions in Iran in 2025
OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Rezapour executed in Maragheh on October 7
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jalal Moradi executed in Taybad on October 7
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bahman Shah-Hosseini and Seyed Mahmoud Hosseini executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 7